Ahhh! Close-up of Cruella's craggy, windblown face. She's meeting with RevCam in an utterly pointless scene, although it provides an actual laugh when RevCam says, "I consider Chandler part of my family," and Cruella says, "So do I!" Of course, that laugh is completely ruined by the writer's hammering it home by having RevCam say, "But he is part of your family," and if that wasn't enough, "He's your son," and it's beyond me how this show has stayed on the air so long, since the writers treat the audience like it's comprised of six-year-olds. Anyway, Cruella wants her money, and she wants RevCam to tell Chandler to give her the money. He suggests getting a third party to look into the situation, and Cruella gets this evil look in her eyes and says that she has someone in mind. It's obvious she's thinking about a lawyer, which is what I thought she was insinuating when she warned Chandler not to force her hand earlier. So, her threat to Chandler meant she was going to talk to RevCam? Wow. What a bitch!

Holy shit, I really can't take one more scene of this stupid nonsense involving Ruthie and her stupid party, especially if Lucy is going to play it as though she's just been informed her best friend was stabbed to death. She tells Ruthie she's sorry, and that little wench Ruthie says, "You should be," and points out that Ruthie would have gotten the same result anyway had she just asked Annie straight out. Anyway, we're not done yet. Annie comes in and asks to speak to Ruthie, and pointedly says, "Alone," to Lucy, who wonders, rather whinily, why she has to leave. "Because this is none of your business," says Annie, and Lucy flops on out of there, like, let me think just how often I gave a shit about my parents' fights with my younger siblings when I was -- how old is Lucy supposed to be, anyway? -- let's say over eighteen. Hmmm. Never. Anyway, Annie says she called Suzanne Rogers's place to talk to Suzanne's parents. Know what she found out? That the parents aren't even there; Suzanne's sixteen-year-old sister is in charge -- and she has a date tonight. So, due to the lack of adult supervision, Annie can't let Ruthie go to the party, even if she wanted to (which she doesn't). "Sorry," she says. Ruthie says she doesn't think her mom is sorry at all (nor do I, but it's not like she needs to be). "I'm not the enemy here. I'm just a mom," says Annie. But oh! She also called Paris, who was quite surprised that Annie did not in fact already give permission for Ruthie to go. Annie wonders if Ruthie has anything to say to her. "Like?" says Ruthie. "'I'm sorry'?" suggests Annie. Ruthie says the only thing she's sorry for is that she doesn't get to go to the party. Annie might be interested to know that the Supreme Court of Canada recently ruled it's okay to spank your child, so she might want to visit here -- oh, wait. The court ruled that you're not allowed to strike your kid out of anger, so Ruthie would likely be safe up here. "Well, I'm sorry that's how you feel," says Annie, and stomps on out of there and downstairs...